My daughter complains about my vowel pronunciation, but it is "close enough" to how it is pronounced. Hummel is word borrowed from German. I don't know why the Swedish word humla (hoom lah) isn't used. 

THANK YOU SO MUCH for the clear comparrison of these two related instruments.   I've wanted to see a hummel up close and here you have it.  I'd love to build one of these.  I hear that you pronounce it "hoomel" not as I've pronounced it "Hummel"   Is that how it's saposed to be pronounced?  aloha, irene

Tssfulk, thank you for sharing and comparing your instruments. I also have a Warren May dulcimer which is all walnut. I haven't played it recently. I think the Hummel has a more traditional or old time dulcimer sound. I enjoyed seeing and listening to them.

Ken

"The dulcimer sings a sweet song."

Thanks for showing your Hummel. On the only pictures I've seen, I couldn't tell how many strings there were. As with the other Scandinavian & other European instruments often thought to be earlier relatives of the dulcimer, I've wondered if they were played the same way. From your video it looks like the Hummel is!

Although they are related instruments, the tone characteristics seem very different. The dulcimer is cherry and mahogany. The hummel is spruce and birch.